The Indian benchmark indices opened lower on Wednesday as the Sensex opened at 84,654.41 or 18 points lower and the Nifty started trade more than 18 points lower at 25,891.45.
In the 30-share BSE Sensex, the top gainers included stocks such as Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, TCS, Tata Steel and Tech Mahindra. Meanwhile, the laggards included stocks such as Maruti, Mahindra & Mahindra, State Bank of India, Axis Bank and Bajaj Finance.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Microcap 250 fell 0.35 per cent and the Nifty Midcap 50 rose 0.09 per cent. Sectorally, the Nifty IT rose 0.86 per cent and the Nifty Media index fell 0.87 per cent.
In the pre-open session, the Sensex traded at 84,670.68, falling over 2 points and the Nifty traded at 26,097.15 or 187 points higher at 9:01 AM.
The Gift Nifty was also trading at 25,937 or 21 points lower at 8:57 AM.
